Thursday, November 16, 2006

Only part of the department I work in deals withPeople Movement. 55 people or 63% of the departmenthandle or deal with Cargo in some way. The CargoHandlers move things around and build "pallets" and"ramps". These consist of groups of cargo that mustbe weighed together and fit into the cargo sectionsof LC-130's, C-17's and Baslers. The Load Plannersthat work in the office next to my desk have smallfloorplans of each plane and need to tell the CargoHandlers what goes where. It's all a very intricatesystem and is difficult making sure all of the cargogoes where it belongs and is loaded properly. It'shard work.